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2 Chronicles 34:27

Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.

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KJV King James Version

Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

WEB World English Bible

because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you,” says Yahweh.

ASV American Standard Version

because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

Because thy heart is tender, and thou art humbled before God in thy hearing His words concerning this place, and concerning its inhabitants, and art humbled before Me, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me: even I also have heard—the affirmation of Jehovah.

Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 34

24 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, [even] all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

25 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

26 And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel [concerning] the words which thou hast heard;

27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard [thee] also, saith the LORD.

28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

29 Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

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יַ֠עַןH3282 · ya.anbecause רַךְ־H7401 · ra.khakhbe tender לְבָ֨בְךָ֜H3824 · le.vavheart וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע׀H3665 · ka.nabe humble מִלִּפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: before אֱלֹהִ֗יםH430 · e.lo.himGod בְּשָׁמְעֲךָ֤H8085 · sha.mato hear: hear אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דְּבָרָיו֙H1697 · da.varword עַל־H5921 · alupon הַמָּק֤וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplace הַזֶּה֙H2088 · zehthis וְעַל־H5921 · alupon יֹ֣שְׁבָ֔יוH3427 · ya.shavto dwell וַתִּכָּנַ֣עH3665 · ka.nabe humble לְפָנַ֔יH6440 · pa.nehface: before וַתִּקְרַ֥עH7167 · qa.rato tear אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּגָדֶ֖יךָH899 · be.gedtreachery וַתֵּ֣בְךְּH1058 · ba.khahto weep לְפָנָ֑יH6440 · pa.nehface: before וְגַם־H1571 · gamalso אֲנִ֥יH589 · a.niI שָׁמַ֖עְתִּיH8085 · sha.mato hear: hear נְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutterance יְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 32:26Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, [both] he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.Ezekiel 9:4And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.Psalm 34:18The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.2 Chronicles 34:19And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.2 Chronicles 33:12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,Isaiah 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.2 Chronicles 12:7And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; [therefore] I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.2 Chronicles 32:12-13Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.Isaiah 66:2For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.2 Kings 22:18-19But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [As touching] the words which thou hast heard;Psalm 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:Psalm 51:17The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.Jeremiah 36:23-24And it came to pass, [that] when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast [it] into the fire that [was] on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that [was] on the hearth.2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer also, and [how God] was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they [are] written among the sayings of the seers.James 4:6-10But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.Ezekiel 36:26A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

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